New Mickey
The user formerly known as mickey
Same dealer, same long drive home as when I bought the Evil Beetle.
No big surprises about the car, since my daughter bought a 2017 gasser a couple of months ago. Getting used to the slightly odd ergonomics. (Never had a car with a steering wheel that doesn't point at the driver's seat before. ***?)
Also getting use to my first dual-clutch transmission. It's also slightly odd, but since I know what it is and how it works there is nothing surprising.
Definitely a nice, solid car. I've been driving a 2015 Ford F-150 crew cab 4x4 with the 2.7 Ecoboost, which I loved more than a human baby, but couldn't justify the expense for a daily driver. For as often as I actually need a truck I can rent one from Home Depot. Sucks, because that is THE best truck I've ever owned. Fantastic in every way. Quick, quiet, comfortable, and a lifetime average of 23 mpg.
Wait....is this a Ford ad? Sorry. Anyway, happy to have a TDI again. Especially one as loaded to the gills as you could get in 2015.
I don't know exactly which TDI Jail this one was sitting in for 2 years, but it's a previously untitled 2015 with 2700 miles on the odometer. Wherever it was, it was DUSTY. The engine compartment looks like something that was sitting in Norman Bates' attic for 50 years, but that'll rinse off. The windshield is cracked, so they're replacing that on Friday. Dried up leaves and crap have blown under the hood, too. Poor thing. But it registers as "new", and has the extended TDI warranty, so I'm fine with it.
Not looking forward to that first timing belt change, but at least I have all the tools.
-mickey
No big surprises about the car, since my daughter bought a 2017 gasser a couple of months ago. Getting used to the slightly odd ergonomics. (Never had a car with a steering wheel that doesn't point at the driver's seat before. ***?)
Also getting use to my first dual-clutch transmission. It's also slightly odd, but since I know what it is and how it works there is nothing surprising.
Definitely a nice, solid car. I've been driving a 2015 Ford F-150 crew cab 4x4 with the 2.7 Ecoboost, which I loved more than a human baby, but couldn't justify the expense for a daily driver. For as often as I actually need a truck I can rent one from Home Depot. Sucks, because that is THE best truck I've ever owned. Fantastic in every way. Quick, quiet, comfortable, and a lifetime average of 23 mpg.
Wait....is this a Ford ad? Sorry. Anyway, happy to have a TDI again. Especially one as loaded to the gills as you could get in 2015.
I don't know exactly which TDI Jail this one was sitting in for 2 years, but it's a previously untitled 2015 with 2700 miles on the odometer. Wherever it was, it was DUSTY. The engine compartment looks like something that was sitting in Norman Bates' attic for 50 years, but that'll rinse off. The windshield is cracked, so they're replacing that on Friday. Dried up leaves and crap have blown under the hood, too. Poor thing. But it registers as "new", and has the extended TDI warranty, so I'm fine with it.
Not looking forward to that first timing belt change, but at least I have all the tools.
-mickey
